📚 7 Books mentioned in "Could the Next Brooklyn Be … Las Vegas?! | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 205" of Freakonomics Radio

both of us were really taken with shea himself and a book he published called delivering happiness

The host mentions being taken with Tony Hsieh and a book he published called 'delivering happiness'.

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The work that we we first found that really I think sowed the seeds for what would become the downtown project was Ed Glazer's book I was very flattered when Tony reached out to me He read my book and seems to have been excited by it

Zach Ware mentions Ed Glaeser's book as sowing the seeds for the downtown project, and Glaeser confirms Tony Hsieh read his book.

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but if you read books like good to great or tribal leadership there's a clear at least correlation right if not cause between companies that do well in the long term financially Although if you look at the good to Great companies if you looked at those lately

Tony Hsieh mentions reading books like 'good to great' and 'tribal leadership' regarding the correlation between company culture and financial success.

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Although if you look at the good to Great companies if you looked at those lately well so there's a follow-up book that Jim Collins came up with which was how the Mighty Fall or fail

Tony Hsieh mentions this book as a follow-up to 'Good to Great' by Jim Collins.

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One of his main Inspirations was a Harvard Economist named ed Glaser who four years ago published a Manifesto called Triumph of the city how our greatest invention makes us richer smarter Greener healthier and happier

The host introduces Ed Glaeser and his book 'Triumph of the city' as a main inspiration for Tony Hsieh.

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but if you read books like good to great or tribal leadership there's a clear at least correlation right if not cause between companies that do well in the long term financially

Tony Hsieh mentions reading books like 'good to great' and 'tribal leadership' regarding the correlation between company culture and financial success.

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he has something I think he refers to as the edifice complex in his book so versus let's build a giant right

Tony Hsieh refers to a concept ('edifice complex') from Ed Glaeser's book.

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